14 October 2013

This Week in Fonts

An ambitious text family by Schizotype, a feature-rich face from URTD, playful forms by Outras Fontes, a versatile sans from Fontsmith, modern styling by Thinkdust, a transitional face from MCKL, a minimalist slab by Mostardesign, and a sober text family from Fountain.



Schizotype: Urge Text


Designed by Dave Rowland



The slanted styles of Urge Text exhibit a certain bipolarity, the tops of glyphs having a standard italic form, the bottoms of glyphs being more Roman in their construction.


URTD: Odesta


Designed by Ondrej Jób



Odesta has seven feature-rich weights with built-in small caps, swash alternates, and contextual alternate initials & finials.


Outras Fontes: Progressiva


Designed by Ricardo Esteves Gomes



Unique playful forms and a condensed structure, Progressiva is ideal for texts that require some personality and titles with great visual presence.


Fontsmith: FS Hackney


Designed by Nick Job & Jason Smith



Inspired by the thought “it doesn’t have to be like this” FS Hackney is meticulously honed to perform in exacting conditions. Refined, assured and very versatile.


Thinkdust: Monolite


Designed by Greg Ponchak



Clear-cut edges and modern styling give Monolite the attitude it needs to leave a lasting impression.


MCKL: Superior Title


Designed by Jeremy Mickel



Superior Title is a high contrast transitional typeface, a kind of missing link between Bodoni and Times.


Mostardesign: Metronic Slab Pro


Designed by Olivier Gourvat



Metronic Slab Pro is a slab serif typeface with a technological and minimalist look for text and headlines.


Fountain: Aria Text


Designed by Rui Abreu



Aria Text is the new text version of the lyric Aria. More sober and rational, Aria Text was designed for books. The decoration mannerisms, extreme contrast, the italics angle, among other attributes of the original display typeface were now tamed and rethought towards readability and transparency.








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This Week in Fonts